Kelly’s review of Blaze by Joan Swan

TITLE: Blaze – Phoenix Rising #2
AUTHOR: Joan Swan
PUBLICATION DATE: 09/25/12
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BOOK SYNOPSIS:
The hotter they come, the harder they fall…

With a man like him, every mission becomes personal…
Ever since FBI agent Keira O’Shay started tracking a young boy named Mateo, she’s felt a connection even her empathic abilities can’t explain. She needs to save Mateo from the cult leader holding him hostage. Nothing can interfere with that—not even the reappearance of Luke Ransom, the hot-as-hell fire captain she’s regretted walking out on for three long years.

Losing Keira left Luke vulnerable—in every way. When they were together, the powers each possesses were mysteriously enhanced. But it’s the sexy, surprising woman beneath the tough exterior that Luke’s really missed. Even if she betrayed him utterly. And even if agreeing to help her uncover a government conspiracy means watching his life and his heart go up in flames again

REVIEW:
Blaze is book 2 in Joan Swan’s Phoenix Rising series.  Blaze is grabs you from the page one and keeps you turning the pages until the end.  You will want to scream at the characters and then reach for the tissues, root for the characters and then want to slap them upside the head.  There are some surprising turns of events that will shape the next few books in this series.  New characters from the past walk into the team’s life and will change the fabric of who they all are. But even with this the team is left with more questions than answers as to who and what really happened to them.

I loved Luke in FEVER and loved him more in BLAZE.  Luke is just an all around great guy.  He loves his friends, family and can’t let go of the love of his life.  He is willing to go the extra mile to do anything to keep her, but will even that be enough to winner her back?

Keira has had a very rough life and she is always ready to cut and run the minute life starts closing.  The only constant in her life has been her love for Luke.  But she even throw that away.  But when Luke pops back into her life she is not sure if she can turn him away again, but is she strong enough to face the demons of her past in order to move on and live her life with Luke?

Luke & Kiera find themselves thrown together in order to save a group of kids from a madman.  Little do they know the journey that they are about to go on and how one little boy will change everything for all of them.

Joan is such a great writer.  I love how she tugs at my heartstrings the whole way through this book.  Like any good author she loves to make us as readers suffer all the emotional highs and lows that she can.    If you enjoyed FEVER you will love BLAZE!! I am very much looking forward to want is next in the Phoenix Rising series.

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. The following review is my own opinion and not a paid review.

4 Hearts